I Love It

I Love It

Words by E. Ray Goetz
Music by Harry Von Tilzer
Hear this song
sung by Arthur Collins (c.1911) from
Collected Works of Arthur Collins part 1
at archive.org.
Hear Brian Hefferan sing his 2004 version
from his Everybody's Doin' It album.
View original sheet music from the
Lester S. Levy Collection at Johns Hopkins University.
[Verse 1]
A
Hear that band a-playing at the Ragtime Ball?
E7
See those Couples swayin' up and down the hall
Pansey Anna Lincoln tells her partner "I'm a-thinkin' honey"
A
- Ain't that some Band? - That rag is grand
I Could keep on glidin to it till I drop
A A7 D
Boo, looks like they're goin' to stop
Bm A
Tell all the boys, to make a noise
Cdim G#7
Make 'em play some more
E Cdim E Cdim
Music man, If you can
E Cdim E7
Play one more encore
[Chorus]
Bm E7
'Cause I Love it, love it goodness how I love it
A
such a swingin', clingin', tune that's got me wingin'
E7
It's the most per-suad-ing musical strain
A
professor Please, please play it again
Bm E7
Go on and Rag it, drag it get your shoes in motion
A
'cause I'm floatin', floatin', on a raggy ocean
Bm A
I could dance all night and never get through
E7 A
Because I love it love it most as much as I love you
[Verse 2]
Goodness ain't it great to glide away with you
Never been to heaven, hon', but this will do
Ain't that tune a beauty cutey, just as sweet as tutti-fruiti
- Keep clinging babe, - Keep swinging babe
When I marry they must play this music while
I am marching up the aisle,
Want you to know, I love it so
When you dance so sweet
I'd be glad, if had
Six more pairs of feet